Christian Ethics

Morality & goodness usually stem from the simple objective exercise of empathy & compassion, *period*, but oftentimes can be subverted when that objective exercise is muddled by subjective influences (such as racial bias, religious bias, etc.). Manufactured 'zero tolerance' absolutes in ethics/morality, by religion or whatever, is simply a lazy, spoon-fed, cowardly excuse not to have to use common sense, sound judgment, reason, empathy or compassion when confronting a complicated reality.

lol, good idea. never heard it put quite like that.

the essence of Christian ethics is to figure out which things tick God off and avoid them.